Bernard lamotte biography

  • Bernard Lamotte was a Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter, and muralist.
  • Born in Paris, on the Boulevard de Vaugirard in 1903.
  • Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983) A typical example of the self-made painter, Bernard Lamotte never sought any other avenue in life but that of artistic creation.

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    Bernard Lamotte ~ Cityscapes and Figurative Works

     

    Paris-born Lamotte (1903-1983) attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Sorbonne. These selected paintings and drawings are studies for larger works and reflections of daily life in France. There are several scenes of rainy city streets. “Rainy Street Scene” in ink and watercolor depicting people with umbrellas and baby carriages. “Rainy Street Scene II,” an ink and wash on paper, shows a less populated street in tones of grey, white, and black. In contrast, “Rainy City Street” is a near-abstract oil on canvas attached to board and shows a glistening wet street with pedestrians gathered on a sidewalk under their umbrellas.

     

    “Carriage in Evening” in ink, pencil, and wash is a study in grey and black illuminated by  a carriage lantern, while “Lamplighter” in ink, conte (a hard crayon) , and watercolor evokes an earlier hour in the evening with a lamplighter high on a ladder lighting a tall street lantern. 

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    Bernard Lamotte (1903-1983)

    At eighteen, Lamotte passed the first of three compulsory admittance tests to the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1935, after six years of study in Paris, he moved to New York City, and within one year had secured his first solo exhibition at the esteemed Wildenstein Gallery. Though he spent most of his artistic life in the United States, and was naturalized in 1951, Paris-born Bernard Lamotte always remained thoroughly French. His appearance, accent, and bon vivant approach to life connected him emotionally to his native city; with his brush he captured the mood and spirit of the City of Light in an evocative, personal style. The artist continually returned to Paris for his preferred subject matter, distilling with his brush the fleeting moments of every day life in the quartiers, parks, and cafés of his beloved city. His studio above La Grenouille restaurant became a magnet for other expatriate French artists, writers and actors.

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    Bernard Lamotte

    French painter

    Bernard Lamotte (1903 – September 28, 1983) was a Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter, and muralist. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts at the Sorbonne and studied beneath Bernand Corman and Lucien Simon (1861–1945). From 1932 to 1935, he traveled to Tahiti and New York and in 1935 he moved to New York City to pursue his art.

    Style and works

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    Lamotte's travels inspired his works, as demonstrated bygd his cityscapes of Paris, New York, and Tahiti. Lamotte beautifully captured modern day Parisian city life and street scenes. Lamotte's style fryst vatten reminiscent of other artists of the School of Paris, modern with a flair for the romantic. His technique gives his oil paintings a look and texture of a watercolor.

    While in New York between travels to Tahiti and Paris, within one year of his arrival Lamotte received several mural commissions including and exhibitions including a solo show at the Wildenstein Gallery. Other exhibits included the